Episode 4
Jean Louise's world is about to be shattered as the realities of life in 1950s Alabama hit home. Read by Fenella Woolgar.
Harper Lee's explosive second novel was finally published in 2015. Believed lost for decades after the publication of 'To Kill A Mockingbird', this book revisits much-loved characters, this time through adult eyes.
Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch travels from New York to Maycomb for her annual visit home. It's always a relief to slip into the comfortable rhythms of the South; to spend time with her beloved father Atticus and rekindle her spiky relationship with Aunt Alexandra. But mid-50s Alabama is not the same place where young Scout spent idyllic summers with brother Jem, and the 26-year old will be betrayed and have her trust shattered before she is able to become her own woman.
Harper Lee was the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', a book which has been studied, loved, wept over and revered by generations since its publication in 1960. She lived in Monroeville, Alabama until her death in February 2016.
Read by Fenella Woolgar
Written by Harper Lee
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Fenella Woolgar |
| Author | Harper Lee |
| Abridger | Robin Brooks |
| Producer | Eilidh McCreadie |
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Thu 13 Aug 201522:45BBC Radio 4- Thu 28 Apr 201614:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 29 Apr 201602:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 21 Feb 201914:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 22 Feb 201902:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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